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From: shutton@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Scott K. Hutton)
Subject: Re: Cheap Terminal
Message-ID: <1991May21.191631.5861@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Reply-To: root@mus.com
Organization: Indiana University, University Computing Services
Date: Tue, 21 May 91 19:16:31 GMT
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root@mus.com (Larry Krone) writes:
>Okay...I have an interesting question....what is the cheapest way
>to remotely interface to a PC...(Definition of cheap:  Can I buy
>a keyboard, hook a cable to my television (composite video) and plug
>the cables into a box that goes to a modem....

I don't  think you'll want  to try to  conenct to  a  television.  The
picture may very  well be unreadable.   Perhaps the best way (assuming
you're not particular as to *how* you wnat to connect, but  to sheerly
set up some type of connection), is to purchase a dumb terminal (e.g.,
VT100 or the such) and connect it to a modem  or serial  interface for
connection with one of the COM ports on your PC.

  	
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